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Prenatal screening and diagnosis are often used interchangeably, confusing both patients and physicians on the actual meaning of these two very different genetic testing options. This uncertainty has caused a growing concern in pregnant patients and a desire for greater clarity in their genetic screening options. Join host Dr. Lisa Mazzullo, assistant professor of OB-GYN at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and her guest, Director of the Reproductive Genetics Department and Distinguished Physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Lee Shulman, MD, as they review the difference between screening and diagnosis in addition to discussing the newest and most accurate forms of prenatal genetic testing options.